PBI sub-inspector arrested with 11,560 yaba pills in Ctg

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) have arrested a sub-Inspector (SI) of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and recovered 11,560 pieces of yaba pills from his possession.

Rab arrested SI Md Masud Rana from Patiya upazila of Chattogram yesterday afternoon, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Karnaphuli Police Station, Dulal Mahmud.

The arrestee was later handed over to police around 1:45am, the OC added. A case was also filed in this connection.

"A team of Rab-7 intercepted a Chattogram-bound private car coming from Cox's Bazar at Bhellapara Bridge point of Patiya crossing," OC Dulal said quoting the case statement.

"Rab arrested the SI after they found 11,560 pieces of yaba pills under the seat of the car," said the OC.

"The SI was on-duty and he left Cox's Bazar on Sunday for investigation purposes," Sarowar Alam, superintendent of police (SP) of Cox's Bazar PBI unit, said.

"We have sent his record and other documents to the headquarters," said the SP.